Barrington, IL
How exposed is Barrington to wildfire?
USFS scores Barrington at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 4,270 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Barrington at the 29th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Barrington's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Barrington's buildings (82.6% of 4,270) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Barrington against the rest of the country
Compare Barrington's two percentiles: 75th within Illinois, only 27th nationally — a gap of 48 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barrington ranks 23,091 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,001 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 363 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Barrington and the insurance market
At the 27th national percentile, Barrington rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 82.6% of Barrington outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Barrington's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,270 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Barrington. The exposure-zones guide covers what Barrington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.